This paper points out an empirical failing of real business cycle models in which unemployment is endogenized through a matching function. One can easily choose a calibration to make the cyclical fluctuation in unemployment as large in the model as it is in the data, or to make the response of...

Polish Abstract: Istotą projektu była szczegółowa analiza kluczowego sektora województwa podlaskiego, uwzględniająca dane z rynku pracy charakterystyczne dla sektora handlu - Sekcja G (PKD 2007). Raport ma stanowić narzędzie pomocnicze w podejmowaniu decyzji strategicznych, taktycznych...

Sensitivity analysis of lignite ultimate pit size and its parameters on change of lignite base price The influence of lignite base price on the size of ultimate pit (lignite supply) and decrease of lignite quality (decrease of calorific value and increase of sulphur and ash content) has been...

Opencast lignite mine and power plant as a bilateral monopoly in classical solution Based on example of opencast lignite mine and power plant operating on liberalized energy market the classical solution maximizing joint profits of bilateral monopoly has been presented. The graphic solution of...

Is vertical integration of mines and power plants profitable and for whom? Based on outcomes from the research of bilateral relation between lignite mines and power plant author describes several benefits from vertical integration including strategic benefits described by Porter and benefits...

Concern over the potential need to redefine universal service to account for Internet-related services and other combinations of communication and computing motivates this study of the geographic spread of commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the leading suppliers of Internet access in...

We recall the historical changes that have taken place in the power markets worldwide and that have led to a partial or full opening for competition. Afterwards we discuss power market structure with special emphasis on differences between financial or other commodity markets on one hand and the...

Artykuł podejmuje problematykę zwolnień pracowników przedsiębiorstw, która zyskuje na znaczeniu wraz z utrzymywaniem się globalnego kryzysu gospodarczego na początku XXI wieku. Kryzys prowadzi do dynamicznych zmian w otoczeniu organizacji i w wielu przypadkach wymusza decyzje o podjęciu...

Trwający na początku XXI wieku globalny kryzys gospodarczy wymusza podejmowanie przez przedsiębiorstwa działań restrukturyzacyjnych. Zmiany te często wiążą się z redukcją zatrudnienia i kształtowaniem nowych relacji z pracownikami. Outplacement stanowi wciąż mało popularną i...

The purpose of the article was a space-time analysis of the unemployment rate in polish poviats. In the research we use a model in which spatial dependence is represented in the exponential form, based on the neighborhood matrix. This model, called the Matrix Exponential model, was proposed by...